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Dr. Nirad Vengsarkar is a highly regarded Orthopedic Surgeon with 16 years of extensive experience in the field. He specializes in knee, hip, and spine treatments, focusing on common surgical procedures such as knee and hip replacements, minimally invasive spine surgeries, and deformity corrections.

Overseas Training and Assignments:

• Dr. Vengsarkar completed an ACGME-accredited fellowship in Spine Surgery, becoming the first international fellow to be accepted into this prestigious program.
• He has been a visiting fellow with renowned specialists, including Dr. Richard Berger and Dr. A. Rosenberg, pioneers in minimal access Hip and Knee Replacement.
• He has also undertaken a fellowship in Joint Replacement at the Insall Scott Kelly and Albert Einstein Institute in New York.
• Additionally, he completed a fellowship in Adult Reconstruction and Arthroplasty at Singapore General Hospital, working under esteemed mentors such as Dr. K.H. Seow, Dr. N.N. Lo, and Dr. S.J. Yeoh.

Achievements:

• Dr. Vengsarkar was awarded the Gold Medal in the DNB Orthopedics examination in 1999, ranking first among successful candidates nationwide.
• He also earned the Gold Medal in Anatomy and Silver Medal in Pathology and Microbiology during his undergraduate University examinations.
• For the past 3 years, he has been training fellows in Arthroplasty with sponsorship from Johnson & Johnson, India, dedicating 6 months to each fellow.
• Dr. Vengsarkar has served as a lecturer in the Department of Orthopaedics at LTMG Hospital, Mumbai (1999–2000).
• He was a faculty member on the National Arthroplasty Course (2004-2008), designed to teach postgraduate doctors across India advanced Arthroplasty techniques.
• He also contributed as a faculty member for the Bombay Spine Course (2004-2008), focusing on spinal surgery.

Area of Interest:

• Joint Replacement Surgery
• Spine Surgery

• Ruptured Baker’s Cyst with Compartment Syndrome: An Extremely Unusual Complication
  Hamlet Galanopoulos I, Mahale A, et al. BMJ Case Reports (Published online: 20 December 2012)
• Tibial Nailing: An Innocent Procedure? A Ten-Year Study
  Amresh Singh, A Mahale, B.K Singh. Injury Extra 41(12), Dec 2010
• Delayed Onset Deep Infection After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Comparison Based on the Infecting Organism
  Joshy S, Gogi N, Thomas B, Mahale A, Singh BK. JBJS – British Vol 90-B, Issue SUPP_II, 329 (2008)
• Targeted Early Rehab at Home Scheme Following Arthroplasty
  Iyengar K.P, Mahale A, Ivanovic N, Nadkarni J.B. Journal of Disability and Rehab Medicine, Peer Reviewed – PubMed Indexed (March 2007)
• Delayed Onset Deep Infection After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Comparison Based on the Infecting Organism
  Joshy S, Gogi N, Thomas B, Mahale A, Singh BK. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery (Hong Kong) (August 2007)
• Abstract: Closed Intramedullary Nailing for Unstable Tibial Fractures – City Hospital, 10 Years Experience
  Effort Congress, Nice, France (May 2008)
• Abstract: Tuberculous Kyphosis – Necessity of Global Fusion,SICOT/SIROT World Congress (Sept 2005, Page 206)

• Use of Allograft in Revision Hip Replacement – A Study of 30 Cases – Presented in the Singapore Orthopaedic Journal.
• Cadaveric Study on the Use of Cement and Screw Constructs in Knee Replacement – A detailed exploration of advanced techniques in knee replacement procedures.
• Biologic Plating of Comminuted Fractures of the Femur – Investigating innovative approaches in fracture healing.
• APAS – Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Conference – Presentation on the early results of the Proxima Hip in Mumbai, 2007.
• Osteotomies to Correct Sagittal and Coronal Imbalance in Revision Deformity Surgery – A study conducted at the Twin Cities Spine Center, focusing on corrective procedures in complex spinal deformities.